Patents Assigned to Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
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Patent number: 11878731Abstract: A switch device includes a switch body, which is attached to and rotated integrally with an irregularly-shaped steering unit, and a lever unit, which is held pivotally about a switch body. The lever unit includes a lever shaft including a base, which extends in a direction intersecting the steering shaft, and an arm, which is formed integrally with the base and extends in a direction that differs from the direction in which the base extends. The lever unit also includes a lever head at the distal end of the lever shaft, and the lever head extends from the lever shaft in the width direction, which intersects an axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masahiro Kato, Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yuki Sato, Tadashi Usuya, Takayuki Aoki, Shinji Matsubara, Toshihiko Kosugi, Ryusuke Ohta, Shinji Hara
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Patent number: 11877883Abstract: A biological sound detection device includes a housing, a medium, a transducer unit, a detection unit, and a pressure adjusting unit. The medium has an acoustic impedance closer to water than air. The transducer unit is arranged in the housing, and converts a biological sound transmitted through the medium into an electric signal. The detection unit provides, together with the housing, an accommodation region that accommodates the medium, detects the biological sound, transmits the biological sound to the medium, and is deformable in a direction approaching the transducer unit according to a load of a physical body. The pressure adjusting unit adjusts a pressure of the medium so as to suppress an increase in the pressure of the medium due to deformation of the detection unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MIRISE Technologies CorporationInventors: Fan Cheng, Yuki Anno, Yoshinori Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 11881407Abstract: A method of manufacturing a chip formation wafer includes: forming an epitaxial film on a first main surface of a silicon carbide wafer to provide a processed wafer having one side adjacent to the epitaxial film and the other side; irradiating a laser beam into the processed wafer from the other side of the processed wafer so as to form an altered layer along a surface direction of the processed wafer; and separating the processed wafer with the altered layer as a boundary into a chip formation wafer having the one side of the processed wafer and a recycle wafer having the other side of the processed wafer. The processed wafer has a beveling portion at an outer edge portion of the processed wafer, and an area of the other side is larger than an area of the one side in the beveling portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MIRISE Technologies Corporation, DISCO CorporationInventors: Masatake Nagaya, Teruaki Kumazawa, Yuji Nagumo, Kazuya Hirata, Asahi Nomoto
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Patent number: 11878313Abstract: A method for forming a parting line in a coating using an easily peelable coating material comprising (i) attaching a masking tape to a part not to be coated on a boundary between a part to be coated and the part not to be coated along the boundary; (ii) performing a process to improve an adhesiveness with an easily peelable coating material on surfaces of a part in contact with the boundary of the part to be coated and/or a part in contact with the boundary of the masking tape; (iii) applying the easily peelable coating material over surfaces of the part to be coated and the part in contact with the boundary of the masking tape; and (iv) peeling off the masking tape.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Junya Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi Kimura, Kentaro Kizaki
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Patent number: 11878863Abstract: A transport system is a transport system that transports a luggage using a transport vehicle and a transport robot. In a state in which the transport robot and the transport vehicle are connected, the transport robot takes out the luggage from the transport vehicle, or stores the luggage in the transport vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kunihiro Iwamoto, Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura, Yutaro Takagi
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Patent number: 11881604Abstract: A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell, a fuel gas supplier configured to supply fuel gas to an anode of the fuel cell, an oxidant gas supplier configured to supply oxidant gas to a cathode of the fuel cell, a humidity adjuster configured to adjust a relative humidity of the fuel gas and a relative humidity of the oxidant gas, and a controller, wherein the controller detects the relative humidity of the fuel gas at an anode inlet of the fuel cell, and the controller detects the relative humidity of the oxidant gas at a cathode outlet of the fuel cell, and wherein, based on detection results, the controller controls the humidity adjuster so that the relative humidity of the fuel gas at the anode inlet is higher than the relative humidity of the oxidant gas at the cathode outlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masaki Ando, Toshihiko Yoshida, Adam Z. Weber
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Patent number: 11881062Abstract: Provided is a control device of a working vehicle including a prime mover and a driving mechanism that drives an implement based on power of the prime mover, wherein the control device is configured to obtain a steering angle of the working vehicle, and detect switching between tasks performed by the working vehicle in a farm field, when the steering angle is equal to or greater than a predetermined angle indicating the switching between tasks.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuki Sugo, Makoto Hirai, Masaki Numakura, Tomohiro Sato, Taiga Higuchi, Hiroyuki Azuma
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Publication number: 20240017345Abstract: A method for joining different kinds of metal materials includes: preparing a rivet, a plurality of metal members, and a first electrode and a second electrode, each having shanks and electrode portions provided at the tips of the shanks; sandwiching the rivet and the plurality of metal members between a first electrode and a second electrode; and embedding the rivet into the metal member by pressurization and energization using the first electrode and the second electrode. The preparation step includes preparing, as the first electrode and the second electrode, two electrodes that satisfy a condition in which each of electrical resistance values of the first and second electrodes is lower than or equal to a sum of an electrical resistance value of the plurality of metal members to be joined and an electrical resistance value of the rivet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Shuhei OGURA, Tomohiko SEKIGUCHI, Shotaro KUROKAWA, Katsuhiro NAGASAWA, Hiroshi ADACHI, Daisuke YANAGIBASHI, Makoto AOYAMA, Keiichirou INAGAKI
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Publication number: 20240021805Abstract: The present disclosure provides primarily a negative electrode active material with reduced volume change during charge-discharge. The negative electrode active material of the disclosure consists of clathrate-type Si particles comprising one or more metals selected from the group consisting of Mo, Fe, Zn, Mg, Pd, Zr, Ag, Co, Cr, Nb and V. A negative electrode active material layer according to the disclosure comprises the negative electrode active material of the disclosure, and a lithium-ion battery of the disclosure comprises the negative electrode active material layer of the disclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Mitsutoshi OTAKI, Jun YOSHIDA, Shinji NAKANISHI, Hisatsugu YAMASAKI, Natsuki KIKUCHI, Yasuhiro YAMAGUCHI, Tatsuya EGUCHI, Masanori HARATA, Kota URABE
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Publication number: 20240017567Abstract: A vehicle wheel includes a rim having an outer periphery to which a tire is mounted and housing a braking device, a hub attached to an axle, and a plurality of spokes connecting the hub with the rim. Each spoke includes a protrusion protruding outward in a vehicle width direction from a design face of the vehicle wheel and extending along a direction in which the spoke extends.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tatsuhide HOSHI, Yuta SAITO
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Publication number: 20240020739Abstract: A server includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire arrangement information related to a layout of a component disposed in a vehicle cabin space other than a seat for travel in a vehicle, the arrangement information being determined by a user wishing to use the vehicle, and a presentation unit configured to present, to the user, plural contract formats related to payment in relation to provision of the vehicle in which the component is disposed in the vehicle cabin space in accordance with the arrangement information acquired by the acquisition unit or of the component according to the arrangement information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Kyohei MASUI
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Publication number: 20240021978Abstract: An antenna attachment including: a male screw part to be screwed with an antenna main body of an antenna device to be installed on a moving body, the male screw part including a head portion, a thread portion, and an intermediate portion between the head portion and the thread portion having a cross section smaller than the head portion and the thread portion; and a washer including a hole portion allowing passage of part of the male screw part. The hole portion has a shape in which a first hole and a second hole having different sizes are overlapped. The first hole has a shape not allowing passage of the head portion and the thread portion and allowing passage of the intermediate portion. The second hole has a shape not allowing passage of the head portion and allowing passage of the thread portion and the intermediate portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicants: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yutaka HATAKEYAMA, Ryutaro MIURA, Satoshi SATO, Hisashi TAKIZAWA, Yoshifumi KISHIUE, Shinobu WAKAHARA, Takuto NAKAMURA
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Publication number: 20240018918Abstract: An exhaust gas control apparatus for an internal combustion engine includes: a catalyst which is capable of storing oxygen; a downstream air-fuel ratio sensor that detects the air-fuel ratio of outgoing exhaust gas flowing out of the catalyst; an air-fuel ratio control unit that controls the air-fuel ratio of incoming exhaust gas flowing into the catalyst; and a catalyst state estimation unit that estimates the activity of the catalyst. The air-fuel ratio control unit controls the air-fuel ratio of the incoming exhaust gas so that the air-fuel ratio of the outgoing exhaust gas detected by the downstream air-fuel ratio sensor is maintained at a target air-fuel ratio. The air-fuel ratio control unit sets the target air-fuel ratio to a richer value when the activity of the catalyst is equal to or higher than a predetermined value than when the activity of the catalyst is lower than the predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Keiichiro AOKI
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Publication number: 20240022100Abstract: A vehicle includes a secondary battery, a heater configured to be able to raise a temperature of the secondary battery, and a charging control unit configured to be connectable to an external power source. The charging control unit is configured to be able to output electric power supplied from the external power source to the secondary battery and the heater when connected to the external power source. The charging control unit is configured to be able to request the external power source for a requested power amount, and to be able to receive a supply of a supplied power amount in accordance with the requested power amount from the external power source. The charging control unit requests the external power source for the requested power amount including a first power amount required for charging the secondary battery and a second power amount required for heating by the heater.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Ippei TAKESUE, Yo MASUDA, Kazuya FUKE
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Publication number: 20240017618Abstract: An in-vehicle electrical instrument of the present disclosure includes a substrate on which at least one electronic component is mounted; a case configured to accommodate the substrate; a substrate support section that is naturally or forcibly cooled and disposed in the case to support the substrate; an opposing section that is disposed in the case to be opposed to the substrate support section at an interval; and a pressing mechanism that is supported by the opposing section and presses either the electronic component of the substrate supported by the substrate support section or the substrate against the substrate support section. The in-vehicle electrical instrument of the present disclosure satisfactorily cools the electronic component of the substrate accommodated in the case while ensuring the mountability of the in-vehicle electric device.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yuuki TERAOKA, Takeyuki YABUUCHI, Tatsuya NISHIDE
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Publication number: 20240017584Abstract: A thermal management device includes a first thermal circuit, a second thermal circuit, and a control unit. The first thermal circuit includes a first radiator and a battery. The second thermal circuit includes a heater, a temperature sensor, a first path, a second radiator, a second path, a heating appliance, and a flow rate adjusting unit. When a battery heating request and an air heating request are made, the control unit heats a second thermal transfer medium, and divides the flow of the second thermal transfer medium to the first and second paths. When a deficiency value of measured temperature with respect to a target temperature of the second thermal transfer medium is greater than a first threshold value in flow dividing processing, a second flow dividing proportion of the second path is set to be greater than a first flow dividing proportion of the first path.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2023Publication date: January 18, 2024Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Yoshio HASEGAWA, Satoshi Furukawa, Mitsuyo Omura
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Patent number: D1011976Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Daichi Kimura, Tsuneo Kanasugi, Yutaka Murakami
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Patent number: D1011977Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2023Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Robert Seiji Mochizuki, Chung Woo Lee, Ferenc Tobak, IV
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Patent number: D1011980Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Subaru CorporationInventor: Alessandro Belosio
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Patent number: D1012143Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Masashi Akahori
